452  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy.     { As^pteXrPi909m' 
The  final  session,  which  was  held  on  Thursday  evening,  was 
devoted  almost  entirely  to  the  installation  exercises,  when  the  newly 
elected  officers  were  ushered  into  their  respective  positions.  Mr. 
Frank  W.  Smith,  President  of  the  Travelling  Men's  Auxiliary,  made 
a  short  address  upon  this  occasion  and  Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe  gave  a  short 
talk  on  reminiscences  of  amusing  occurrences  in  his  professional 
experiences. 
The  prize  of  $20  in  gold  offered  for  the  most  meritorious  paper 
presented  at  the  previous  year's  meeting  was  awarded  at  this  session 
to  Charles  E.  Vanderkleed  and  L.  Henry  Bernegau  of  Philadelphia, 
for  their  joint  paper  on  "  Tinctures  from  Standardized  Drugs." 
The  entertainment  features  of  the  meeting  were  interesting  and 
enjoyable,  as  usual,  the  masquerade  ball  on  Wednesday  evening 
being  a  great  success. 
The  meeting  as  a  whole  will  long  be  remembered  as  one  which 
will  count  in  the  ultimate  progress  of  pharmacy  in  Pennsylvania. 
The  parliamentary  ability  of  President  Walton  as  a  presiding  officer, 
the  humor  of  Colonel  Demming,  which  sparkled  on  various  occa- 
sions, and  the  general  feeling  of  good  fellowship  and  sociability 
which  pervaded  the  entire  meeting  were  memorable  features  of  one 
of  the  most  interesting  and  profitable  gatherings  which  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Pharmaceutical  Association  has  ever  held. 
M.  R.  and  C.  H.  La  Wall. 
PHILADELPHIA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 
SPECIAL   MEETING,  AUGUST   1 3,  I909. 
A  special  meeting  of  the  members  of  the  college  was  called  for 
Friday,  August  13,  at  2  p.m.,  at  the  request  of  Messrs.  Beringer, 
Beetem  and  Weidemann  to  take  action  on  the  death  of  Thomas  S. 
Wiegand,  late  Librarian,  and  member  of  the  College  since  1852, 
who  died  on  Tuesday,  August  10.  Notwithstanding  it  was  the 
height  of  the  summer  vacation  period  and  some  of  the  members 
were  on  the  way  to  Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  an  unusually  large  number 
were  present. 
President  Howard  B.  French  presided.    He  stated  the  object  of 
